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1930 Front Axle Bearings (Car) Info Needed

 

Bob Fields
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Hello Folks

Need some help on a 1930 Chevy Coupe front bearings. Doing a brake job and had to replace some worn out bearing on the front drums. I have the outer ones figured out but the inner bearings are throwing me for a loop. Took it apart last year and just getting it back together. I stayed with the original ball bearing style but confused on how the inner bearing goes back together. I pressed the bearings into the hub but confused about the part that is on the spindle and how it fits into the bearing.  See the arrows below

Inner #1A

I can push this into the bearing but it seems very tight on the felt seal. I am worried it will spin the bearing race on the spindle.

Inner #2A

Am I over thinking this and will it be OK. I still need to pack the bearing with grease.

 

Thoughts on this issue? Again this is the inner bearing closest to the backing plate.

 

Also to confuse things I seem to have two extra pieces that look like bearing races. It has a part number of 109606 stamped on it. What is this for?

 

1A

Some additional

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2
1

photos of the extra parts.

Does anyone have a drawing of the front spindle bearings configuration that can share?

 

Thanks

Bob

 

 

 

 

 


   
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Stovblt
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Hi Bob

Maybe this cross sectional illustration from the 1941 parts book will help.

The illustration is of a later vehicle with hydraulic brakes, but the bearings, seal, hub and spindle should be the same.

PS  The numbers are not part numbers, they are parts book group numbers.  🙂

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Ole S Olson
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Stovblt
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Hi again with a little more

Looks like you've done everything right.  👍

You've pressed the bearing cups into the hub, set the balls and spacer unit into the bearing cup on the brake side of the hub, and installed the felt seal.

Right?

Soaking the felt with heavy oil before you pack the bearings will help with the drag situation.

There will still be a fair amount of drag with brand new felt, but that's okay.  Good actually.

Ball type wheel bearings need to be adjusted up pretty snug compared to tapered rollers, and this plus the weight of the car will keep the bearing from spinning on the spindle.

It won't stop it completely, as the idea was that the inner race would very very slowly creep around on the spindle so all the wear didn't occur on just one side of the bearing.

Hope that helps.  🙂

 

 

 

 

Ole S Olson
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